The past month turned out to be the second wettest August in Oklahoma on record as rainfall totaled an average of 6.42 inches. The Oklahoma Mesonet reports the total was 3.47 inches above normal and only .06 less than the record set in August 1915. State Climatologist Gary McManus reported ten Mesonet sites recorded …

As the nationwide gasoline price average hit $2.45 entering the weekend, Oklahoma motorists and others can only wait to see if prices will rise even more and whether there will be any supply issues. As of Friday, some Oklahoma retailers reported they were met with supply limits on their purchases while some refiners in the …

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that upheld the constitutionality o the removal of a sales tax exemption on new cars brought an obvious sigh of relief from Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders. But it also brought a broadside filed by one politician against Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb who is running for governor. Gary Richardson, …

The hurricane’s damage and flooding in south Texas didn’t stop Anadarko Petroleum Corporation from suing the IRS this week in Texas federal court. The Houston-based company sued the IRS because it refused to recognize a nearly $16 million capital loss two years. The lawsuit alleges the agency also changed its rules covering the deferral of …

Xcel Energy, the largest electrical utility in Colorado confirms it is considering the shutdown of two coal-fired generating units ten years earlier than planned. The company says it plans to replace the two older units at the Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo with a mix of wind, solar and natural gas. One of the units …

State regulators in New Mexico are being asked to create new energy standards to protect consumers and utility shareholders from future environmental regulations. New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas joined some consumer advocates in petitioning the Public Regulation Commission and calling on electric utilities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 4 percent …

From Maryland to Texas, states have been granted emergency waives by the Environmental Protection Agency so they can ignore some clean-air requirements for gasoline. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says it will ensure an adequate supply of fuel throughout the South, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. He notified the governors in recent days saying the shutdown of about …

Some last-minute filings were made by American Indian tribes still fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. They are still trying to persuade a federal judge that Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners has overstated the potential impacts of a shutdown of the pipeline. Standing Rock Sioux attorney Jan Hasselman and Cheyenne River Sioux attorney …